Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/18

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Subject: [Leica] ocean...
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)
Date: Mon Dec 18 16:46:34 2006
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bernardo feio said:
Subject: RE: [Leica] ocean...


> Yes they are a bit tilted! I notice but I decide not to edit the photos.
> They are exactly how they came out of the camera.
>
> Most of the photos I take at sea are a bit tilted because is very very
> difficult to balance with the boat and kip the camera horizontal!<<<<

Bernardo mon ami,
The ocean doesn't flow up nor down hill and it doesn't matter whether the 
boat or ship is heaving all over the place. But when you make the print you 
straighten it! That is a basic rule of photography!

What you have now in both of these rather fine photographs because the 
horizon is crooked/tilted are two spoiled photographs.

The first thing a viewer sees looking at these photographs isn't the beauty 
of the picture...........they see .... the horizon is crooked! Period! And 
you are seen as a poor photographer because you shot it this way! If you had 
fixed it no one would ever know you didn't hold the camera straight !

>> I notice but I decide not to edit the photos. They are exactly how they 
>> came out of the camera.<<<<<<

No no mon ami, this is nonsense at it's best! Because you are making 
yourself look, not as a wonderful talented photographer, but looking like 
stupid photographer for shooting a crooked picture!! You must straighten 
these slight tilts, other wise you make yourself look foolish in handling 
and printing your photographs!

ted







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